I was wondering if anyone would mention "Reason". The power station is just the setting for the story, the plot is about a humorous argument between the two hum

I was wondering if anyone would mention "Reason". The power station is just the setting for the story, the plot is about a humorous argument between the two humans running the station and a robot who they are training to take over their jobs. I wonder where Asimov got his idea for the technology. Did he just make it up? Or was inspired by existing technology of the 1940s.